Staff
Serving 2024/2025
Friendly House is led by a talented board of directors with a passion for our mission and wide representation of industries and skill sets. We have board members who participated in Friendly House programs as kids and others with current family connections to our programs. The board is committed to supporting services and programs that stabilize, strengthen and empower families.
Trish
Appert
Executive Director
Juanita
Brown
Scattered Sites Program Director
Alyssa
Corazzini
Director of Youth Programs
Darlene
Layton
Director of Child Meals Programs
Alison
Mallett
Quinsigamond Village Community Center Program Director
Anthony
Payne
Chief Financial Officer
Liz
Rivera
Elm Street Program Director
Ivonne
Suarez Ortiz
Division Director of Housing for Homeless Families
Marc
Thuot
Chief Program Officer
Josefina
Velez
Director of Social Services
